Adherence to Long-Term Therapies and Beliefs about Medications

Table 4

Summary of regression analyses for association between beliefs and information adequacy subscales^a.

Perceived adequacy of medication information subscales	BMQ-specific necessity  𝛽 (95% CI)	BMQ-specific concerns; 𝛽 (95% CI)	BMQ-general overuse; 𝛽 (95% CI)	BMQ-general harm; 𝛽 (95% CI)
Action and usage	0.26 (0.15–0.37)***	−0.06 (−0.15–0.03)	−0.24 (−0.34–−0.14)***	−0.19 (−0.30–−0.08)***
Potential problems of medication	−0.06 (−0.17–0.05)	−0.21 (−0.31–−0.11)***	−0.02 (−0.13–0.09)	−0.15 (−0.26–−0.04)**

aAdjusted for age, gender, literacy level, number of medical conditions, number of medications, and illnesses duration; BMQ: beliefs about medicines questionnaire; 𝛽: multiple linear regression coefficient; CI: confidence interval; ^∗𝑃<0.05;  ^∗∗𝑃<0.01;  ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.001.